The Early Childhood Direction Centers (ECDCs) provide information about programs and services for young children, ages birth through five, who have physical, mental or emotional disabilities and help families obtain services for their children.
The ECDCs Provide Information About:
Service Area: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Orleans Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
C/O Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
219 Bryant Street
Buffalo, New York 14222-9988
Phone: (716) 880-3875 or 1-800-462-7653
Fax: (716) 888-1456
E-mail: vrubin@kaleidahealth.org
Service Area: Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
41 O'Connor Road
Fairport, New York 14450
Phone: (585) 249-7817 or 1-800-462-4344
Fax: (585) 249-7816
E-mail: Jill_Delvecchio@boces.monroe.edu
Service Area: Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
Syracuse University
805 So. Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, New York 13244-2280
Phone: (315) 443-4444 or 1-800-962-5488
Fax: (315) 443-4338
E-mail: tmenapa@syr.edu
Service Area: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga, Tompkins Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 E. Frederick Street
Binghamton, New York 13904
Phone: (607) 724-2111
Fax: (607) 772-3615
E-mail: ecdc@stic-cil.org
Service Area: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, St. Lawrence Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
SUNY Potsdam
Saterlee Hall 104
Sheard Literacy Center
Potsdam, New York 13676-2294
Phone: (315) 267-2145
Fax: (315) 267-3409
E-mail: snelltp@potsdam.edu
Service Area: Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
Capital Region BOCES
Maywood Elementary School
1979 Central Avenue
Albany, New York 12205
Phone: (518) 464-6377
Fax: (518) 464-6369
E-mail: eburns@gw.neric.org
Service Area: Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
Independent Living, Inc.
5 Washington Terrace
Newburgh, New York 12550
Phone: (845) 565-1162 x209
Fax: (845) 565-0567
E-mail:Stremper@myindependentliving .org
Service Area: Putnam, Rockland, Westchester Counties
Early Childhood Direction Center
Westchester Institute for Human Development
20 Hospital Oval West, Room 300A
Valhalla, New York 10595
Phone: (914) 493-1709
Fax: (914) 493-1973
E-mail: speretz@chcsnet.org
Service Area: Nassau County
Early Childhood Direction Center
Variety Child Learning Center
47 Humphrey Drive
Syosset, New York 11791-4908
Phone: (516) 364-8580
Fax: (516) 921-2354
E-mail: nassauecdc@vclc.org
Service Area: Suffolk County
Early Childhood Direction Center
99 Hollywood Drive
Smithtown, New York 11787
Phone: (631) 863-2600
Fax: (631) 863-2082
E-mail: ecdcsuffolk@ddiinfo.org
Service Area: New York (Manhattan)
Early Childhood Direction Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
435 East 70 th Street, Suite 2A
New York, New York 10021
Phone: (212) 746-6175
Fax: (212) 746-8895
E-mail: mrubinst@nyp.org
Service Area: Kings (Brooklyn)
Early Childhood Direction Center
UCP of NYC, Inc.
SHARE Center
160 Lawrence Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11230
Phone: (718) 437-3794
Fax: (718) 436-0071
E-mail: ksamet@ucpnyc.org
Service Area: Queens
Early Childhood Direction Center
Queens Center for Progress
82-25 164 th Street
Jamaica, New York 11432
Phone: (718) 374-0002, x465
Fax: (718) 969-9149
E-mail: cwarkala@queenscp.org
Service Area: Bronx
Early Childhood Direction Center
2488 Grand Concourse, Room 405
Bronx, New York 10458
Phone: (718) 584-0658
Fax: (718) 584-0859
E-mail: ecdcbronx@yahoo.com
Service Area: Richmond (Staten Island)
Early Childhood Direction Center
Staten Island University Hospital
242 Mason Avenue, 1 st Floor
Staten Island, New York 10305
Phone: (718) 226-6670
Fax: (718) 226-6385
E-mail: Lkennedy@siuh.edu